Think Global

A lot of people like to think that they are leaders. Indeed, we are all leaders (khalifah). But to become THE leader of leaders, not so much. Just because we think we are born to lead, doesn't make it right. "I think therefore I am" has long been refuted. So what makes you have the guts to be THE leader? Think Global. Treat all people as the same, as humans, not as Americans, Asian, Melayu, India, Cina, etc etc. Today is not the day for you to fight for what you call as "your people". Its time to fight for ALL people. So, thats it for my little input to those who want to become THE BIG MAN someday. You are no one until you fight for everyone. Ignore these 7 continents, and focus only on Pangea. Focus on what makes us all one. If you think this is naive, then you are not thinking globally.

slogan

"Bahasa Jiwa Bangsa"

pendek kate, slogan ni dah di dengar dan di ulang-ulang sejak dulu lagi.

Bahasa jiwa bangsa. tapi ada berapa banyak perkataan bahasa malaysia yang dipinjam dari bahasa asing?
kalau bahasa jiwa bangsa, dan bahasa dipinjam dari bahasa asing, maksudnye......

Mungkin kita harus menukar slogan? Atau adakah slogan ini sudah ditukar?

kelakar?

Kelakar,,bile halloween menjelang, ramai orang sane sini kecoh mengingatkan orang ramai haram sambut halloween sebab halloween tu sambutan org kristian. tp bila tanye org kristian, diorg cakap halloween tu bukan sambutan agama die, tp dah macam culture kat US,,asal usul sambutan tu takde kene mengena langsung dgn kristian,,kalau nak tau lebih lanjut, google la sendiri.

Kelakar, bile valentine's day menjelang, ramai org kecoh sane sini mengingatkan betapa haramnye sambut valentines day sebab tu sambutan agama kristian. tp bile tanye org kristian, diorg cakap tak pun. kalau nak tau asal usul valentines day, google la sendiri.

kelakar, ade org cakap kenape nak sayang kekasih mase valentines day je,,sayang la hari2,,tp bile mothers day ke teachers day ke,,sume senyap je,,kenape tak sayang mak sayang cikgu ari2?

kelakar, bile org buat majlis kahwin besar-besaran 3 hari 3 malam,membazir duit sane sini, duduk atas pelamin,,sume org yang kecoh pasal haramnye valentines day, haramnye halloween,,sume duduk makan nasik minyak dengan gembire,,tak complaint ape2,,perut kenyang hati senang,,padahal dalam islam diharamkan membazir,,dan dalam islam takde pun suruh bersanding,,tu kan pengaruh hindu? agama lain?

bukan nak sakitkan hati sape2,,just terase kelakar je,,hahahahhaha,,

Kisah Kasim: A short story

Hi. Name aku Kasim. Umur aku 30 tahun. Buat sesiapa yang berkenan kat aku sebab aku hensem, well, sorry to say, I'm taken,,hihi,,,aku baru aje kawin dengan seorang wanita paling baik pernah aku jumpe. Name die Ayu. Muka pun ayu. Perangai pun ayu. Bini aku ni lah perempuan paling cantik dan baik pernah aku jumpe. Pakai tudung, baju kurung, lawa je aku tgk. Perangai pun sopan santun je, baik je,, Untung aku hihi,,mmg ramai gak kawan-kawan aku yang jeles ngan aku,,

Kadang2 aku terfikir, sejahat2 aku, Allah kabulkan jugak doa aku kan. Ha,,kalau korang nak tau, aku ni dulu mase muda2 (sekarang pun muda lagi) jahat sgt. Especially time aku kat kolej dulu. Yela, perempuan time tu sume rase lelaki jahat ni cool, lelaki baik sume macam nerd je kan. So, aku ni kire hot stuff la kat kolej. Tapi aku ni takde la kaye sgt,,biase2 je,,family aku biase je,,tp sebab aku ni berani and jahat, aku jadi famous. Korang cakap je ape2 bende jahat, sume aku dah buat. Rokok, mencurik, gadoh, judi, arak, dadah, perempuan,,sume tu aku dah tibai tym kolej dah. Ye r, org cakap tym kolej la nak experience sume bende kan?? Tapi aku tak buat sorang, aku ade geng,,aku, joe, capal ngan tombi. Kitorg 4 org ni mmg selalu together lah. Sume bende buat same2. And best fren aku paling rapat si joe lah. Joe ni kire macam aku nye buddy la.

Hmm,, macam mane nak cakap? aku ni mmg kaki perempuan sket,,biase r, dah cool and famous kan, ramai peminat,,kene la layan sume kan? So, kalau nak cite pasal pengalaman ngan girls ni dah hebat tahap dewa dah aku ni,, aku pun tak igt bape ramai awek aku dah tido. Yang selalu join aku si joe lah. die gak la yang byk aja aku bende2 pasal aweks ni,,kire die ni GURU la haha.. Ok, tapi, aku selalu gak berdoa ngan Allah biar la satu hari nanti aku dapat isteri yang baik, sopan, pakai tudung, kuat agama. Yela, lepas aku tgk banyak perangai budak2 perempuan ni, aku jadi takut lak. Taknak la kan bini aku jadi macam diorg ni, senang je nak dapat,,dah la kasar..hishhh,,,

Dan, macam aku cakap tadi, sejahat2 aku, Allah kabulkan gak permintaan aku yang satu tu. Dapat la aku kawin ngan Ayu. Ayah die tok imam kat kampung aku tu, mak aku yang jodohkan kitorg. Kire aku ni bertuah sgt la. Aku rase joe pun jeles. Lupe nak cakap yang mase aku kawin, joe takde sebab masuk jail, Die kantoi jual dadah kat skolah. Tu la joe, aku dah cakap dah jgn jual kat skolah tp die tak nak dgr,,padan muke die.

Sekarang, dah masuk 3 hari aku kawin..Hihi,,baru je kawin sebenarnye, takde la lame sgt. And aku skg tgh visit joe kat jail sebab aku nak kenalkan die ngan Ayu. Tp aku tak bawak la Ayu, aku bawak gambar je,, Aku bukan ape, aku taknak Ayu tau kisah silam aku tu,, and aku visit joe ni pun sebab aku dah anggap die macam abang aku, so kire respect la kan.. dah la die tak dapat datang wedding aku, at least aku tunjuk la kat die gambar bini aku yang cun ni,,(nak kasi die jeles sebenarnye).

Tibe2, joe pun muncul dengan muke garang je. aku pun borak2 ngan die sume, tanye kabar,,biase la,,gurau2 sket,,dalam 5 minit camtu, aku pun meneruskan niat asalku. Aku cerita pasal Ayu kat die. Then, aku pun tunjuk gambar Ayu kat die. Die tgk gambar tu, pastu die buat muke pelik. Ha,,,sah die jeles hihi,,Tetibe Joe cakap, " Hoi Kasim, aku dah penah tido la ngan bini ko ni dulu. Die ni la awek yang ko cakap macam tomboy 2 tahun dulu, mase aku bawak balik umah time tu, tp ko tak nampak die sgt, ko nampak dari belakang je. Hahahahah!!!!"

Cerita ini adalah rekaan semata2, takde kene mengena ngan sesape pun.

Filtered faith: A dialog

Location 1: At my work place - I was making a ham sandwich when a friend of mine (Taiwanese) started this conversation.



Her: OMG, I'm so freakin hungry!!

Me: .......... (focusing on making the sandwich)

Her: And this ham looks so yummy right now. Wan, do you know that ham is the best meat ever?

Me: Really?? I never tried it. But I'm sure nothing can beat the chicken tenders.

Her: NO! Ham is the real thing u know. Wait, u said u never tried it?

Me: Yup! I'm a muslim remember??

Her: Oh yeah, sorry about that. I forgot that Muslims can't eat pig. Do you mind telling me why?

Me: Well, it's written in the Quran that as Muslims, we can't eat pig.

Her: ............(Unsatisfied with my answer and confused)

Me: If I'm not mistaken, Allah banned muslims from eating pig because of healthy issue. You see, many years ago, many people died from eating pigs, maybe because the pigs were dirty or something. You know, like the pigs had bacterias in them and gave diseases to everyone's eating them.

Her: But that was then, u know. Like now, we have all the technologies to clean the meat and stuff. And nobody dies because of eating ham now.

Me: You know what, you are right. But maybe there's more to the story of why Allah banned pigs among the muslims, you know. I'm not the best person for u to ask obviously, but tell u what, i'll try ask another person about this, a more reliable person who would have more knowledge that me, and I'll get back to you soon.

Her: Sounds good!



Location 2: In my apartment, chatting with a friend about the same matter.



Me: So my friend, tell me why can't we eat pigs?

Her: Because Allah said so. Duhhh,,,

Me: I know that. But tell me the reasons behind it.

Her: I'm not really sure myself. But i do know that it has something to do with health issues.

Me: Yeah, I know that. But we dont see many people get sick from it do we? and how about the chickens and the cows. I mean we had some health issues with those animals too right?

Her: Hmm..I dont know. BUt whatever it is, it's in the Quran and as good Muslims we should not question what Allah ordered us to do because there sure are reasons to it.

Me: (Speaking to myself very quietly) This is the problem with our society (including myself). We choose what to believe and what not. We choose what to justify and what not. For instance, we dont really care to find the reasons to why Allah banned pigs because we dont really care and dont really want to consume them. But we always find a reason to justify God's existence. I mean, if we really have faith in God, then why do we need proof? It's because it's our nature as humans to seek answers and satisfy our curiosity and there's nothing wrong with that. But what's wrong is to FILTER what to believe without being holistic about it.

But, hey, whatever it is, it's someone's right on what to do with his or her own life ;)

Instead of,,

I've been thinking and thinking and thinking,,,

1. When u are mad at someone, instead of slamming the door behind u, y dont u leave it open so that the person whom u r mad at will have to get up and shut the door himself.
2. When u r mad at someone, instead of yelling at him, y dont u just play dumb and let him yell at u until he lost his voice.
3. When u r mad at someone, instead of telling him to shut up, why dont u just let him scold u so that he would have to think on what else he could scold u for.
4. When u are mad at someone, instead of talking nasty thing behind him, y dont u just let him talk behind u so that u could get more popular while he could get bad reputation for having bad mouth.
5. When u are mad at someone, instead of blaming everything on him, y dont u take a time off and think that maybe it is true that u have done something wrong.
6. Finally, instead of being mad at someone, why dont u take the higher road and move on..

Poly-WHAT?

So, I have few friends who already planned to get married, not to one woman, but God willing, up to four women. These friends of mine are only twenty-ish years old, still studying, and well, not so organized. Not to condemn anyone, but I am a bit disappointed.

Yes, Islam allows a man to get married up to 4 women if he can be fair and just to them. Yes, the Prophet Muhammad S.A.W. had 11 wives. Yes, many Ulama' had agreed on the interpretations of sure An-Nisa on the polygamy matter. So what the hell am I doing writing down my disappointment?

See, I believe that in Islam, polygamy is one of many ways for Islam to take care of the women and their dignities. It is supposed to help out the unfortunate women, to love them and to take care of their needs.

By having many wives, the husband would have more responsibilities; and not the other way around. That's a simple logic. There's a guy who has 4 wives and he said that having many wives really makes his life easier because if he has to go somewhere for a long time to do dakwah, (he's in tabligh movement) his wives can look after each other, so he would not get worried being far away from them. Sounds like a pretty good deal isn't it? But, looking from another view, it is not that he would not have to worry about his wives while he's away because they can take care of each other; instead, he has to be really worried because he now has to worry about the safety and the conditions of not one, but four women while he's away. And how about the kids? Back to basic, whose responsibility is it to take care of a wife? Yes, the husband, not the other wives. If a man opts to marry more than one woman, it means he chooses more responsibilities, more provinces. It is just not right to leave your responsibility to someone else.

To some people, I may sound biased; be clear that I made my judgment based on my observation of the people living in my country. From what I saw, heard and perceived, many men desire to have many wives for the wrong reasons and use Islam to justify their actions. For instance, a guy wants to espouse a second wife to express his love in the 'halal' way and to avoid from doing maksiat. Well, this is also one of the reasons why you have a wife in the first place. If you already have a wife, and you want another because of that same reason, are you implying that one wife is not enough for you? Or, is it so hard to be loyal and faithful to your first wife?

Blame me if you want, because I am just pointing out some common things in our society. It is so common that nobody really pay attention to the details anymore. There are many rules to polygamy which one needs to abide, but many just pretend that these rules do not exist or apply to them. One scenario would be that a man wants to take a second wife, but he is financially unstable that he does not even have enough money to take care of his first wife!

Of course, not everybody is like that. There are still many people who do polygamy according to Islamic teaching, but deny not, humans are imperfect and prone to making mistakes. I just hope that any individual who planned to have more than one wife, do it because of Allah, not because of your own selfish satisfaction. Please learn and be more understanding of what polygamy really means and see if you really up for it.

Enough said.